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Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 17, 2021

On podcasts and radio, misleading COVID-19 talk goes unchecked

According to a survey, many young people primarily get their news through audio, trusting it more than print or video.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 16, 2021

'Scary and chilling': AI surveillance takes U.S. prisons by storm

Law enforcement officials say the technology is crucial in keeping prisons and jails safe, but critics say such systems trample on privacy rights.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 16, 2021

U.S. and allies weigh reprisals if Russia moves against Ukraine

The effort is also aimed at steering Putin away from further aggression on Ukraine by making clear there would be a strong and coordinated response, sources said.
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Nov 15, 2021

Businesses fight for workers ahead of tourism recovery in Hokkaido’s Niseko

When the pandemic caused massive layoffs, many people left. With the possibility of travel restarting, employers hope they return.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 15, 2021

Japanese-Korean-Turkish language group traced to farmers in ancient China

Various descended languages and peoples are thought to have spread across an area of some 8,000 kilometers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 11, 2021

‘The Doctor’ diagnoses society’s afflictions

Veteran actress Shinobu Otake takes on the role of Dr. Ruth Wolff, a Jewish physician, and tackles modern ills in a Japanese production of Robert Icke's latest work.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2021

India’s battle against heat shows stakes of COP26 climate talks

It will take decades for COP26 measures to have a tangible impact on temperatures. In the meantime, countries like India have to learn to deal with heat that's already baked in.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 9, 2021

Regeneron antibody prevents COVID-19 infections for eight months

The company has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand the authorization so the drug can be used to prevent infections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2021

Hey, Elon: We made a $6 billion plan to end world hunger

In the coming decades, what we eat and how we grow it will change radically, and we need everyone onboard — the U.N. and Elon Musk alike — to fund the shift to sustainability.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Regional voices: Chubu
Nov 8, 2021

Parents and children in Japan unaware HPV vaccines are available for free

In Japan, about 11,000 women mainly in their 20s through 40s suffer from cervical cancer every year, of which about 2,800 die from the disease.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Perspectives
Nov 8, 2021

What Japan needs to change to better prepare for the next pandemic

COVID-19 won't be the last deadly contagion to strike Japan. Here are six things the government can do right now to ensure it can respond better when the next crisis strikes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2021

Pfizer develops COVID-19 pill that cuts hospitalizations and deaths by 89%

The drugmaker claims 'overwhelming efficacy” and plans to submit their findings for emergency authorization as soon as possible.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2021

Jack Ma, Trump and Xi: How a Chinese billionaire flew close to the sun

The story of the billionaire e-commerce tycoon's fall from official favor helps illustrate how rapidly China has transformed under Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 5, 2021

Nick Luscombe: ‘Japan is one of the most sonically rich places on Earth’

People who worked from home during the pandemic often opted for a soundtrack to keep them company. Nick Luscombe specializes in just the kind of ambience we all need.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2021

Joe Manchin tells Democrats what they need to hear

If the best that other Democrats can do is accuse Joe Manchin of being 'the new Mitch McConnell,” they may as well give up.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2021

Shutting down historical debate, China makes it a crime to mock heroes

Under a new law, China has zealously prosecuted even the perceived slander of communist figures, broadening Xi Jinping's campaign to dominate party orthodoxy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 3, 2021

Facebook to shut down use of facial recognition technology

Facebook on Monday said it will shut down this system for privacy reasons, and will delete more than 1 billion 'facial recognition templates” it has collected over the years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 2, 2021

The Yamathon gets a COVID-era rebrand

The Yamathon is a more pandemic-friendly event this year, and like a climb up Mount Fuji it is turning into an activity that everyone should at least try once.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2021

Back to the land: Thai forest draws young green farmers

A small but growing back-to-the-land movement is luring young, ecofriendly farmers away from the city.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 2, 2021

'Perfect storm': Poor Britons caught in cost-of-living squeeze

Economic and policy analysts say the world's fifth-biggest economy faces a deepening cost-of-living crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2021

Guests locked in Shanghai Disneyland as China maintains strict COVID-19 controls

Nearly 34,000 people underwent testing, which ended close to midnight. Ferried home on 220 special buses, all were negative but are still required to isolate and retest.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 2, 2021

With funds short, African nations weigh green energy switch and fossil fuel cash

Nations are tapping new oil fields and approving new pipelines — and coal giants like South Africa are finding backing away from an old staple challenging.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2021

Suspect in Tokyo Halloween attack deliberately targeted a crowded train

Sunday's incident has restarted a debate about what train operators can reasonably do to stop attacks by armed individuals.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2021

Japan to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all residents

The policy differs from that of other nations, where the shots are mainly being limited to older people, health care workers and those with pre-existing conditions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2021

Facebook knew about abusive content globally but failed to act, documents show

The company hasn't hired enough workers who possess both the language skills and knowledge of local events needed to identify objectionable posts in a number of countries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2021

In just 21 days, Facebook led an Indian test account to gore and fake news

Originally designed to show the company's ability to recommend content, a new report shows just how little control Facebook has in one of its most important markets.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 24, 2021

Maya Uno: 'Clear small goals and remember to exhale'

'A sport for anyone' is how athlete and coach Maya Uno describes tennis. Though she has since come around to golf, too.
Japanese markets brace for triple whammy if opposition wins big
A Sanseito campaign van in Shinjuku. The populist party is gaining ground and challenging the more centrist parties.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
In Upper House race, younger voters in Tokyo turn to DPP for new direction
The Tokyo district has the highest number of candidates in the 2025 Upper House election with 32 people in the running for seven seats.
Concerns grow in Japan over possible Russian interference in Sunday’s election
A think tank researcher said anti-government propaganda by Russian bot accounts was what has made the small far-right party Sanseito so popular leading up to the Upper House election.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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